I'm not sure if this is an API issue, but you might want to start by filing a bug here: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry I think Twitter should just make a form (so that people can apply) for these special considerations, and just be a little stricter (compared to how they are with removing a developer's limits) in handing them out.
On Dec 17, 7:06 pm, Lianne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > I hope someone can help me out with this. I run the officialPETA > account for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and we > reached a following limit of 2,000 a few months ago. I sent a request > to Twitter Support asking to have the limit removed, and they wrote > back saying we wouldn't have limits anymore because we're a large > organization. After following some weird number over 2,000 (something > like 2,137), it gave me the same error message again. When I > unfollowed people, I still couldn't follow more as long as it was over > 2,000. We'd like to be able to follow back our followers, and to > reach out to people who are PETA supporters and don't know about our > twitter account. I'm just not sure why the following limit was > imposed again, after we had been told it wouldn't be a problem, and > would like it to be removed again, if possible. Thanks so much! > > Also, the message I receive when I try to follow more than 2,000 > people is all in broken html code, instead of the message I got at > first at the top of the list. Thanks!
